'''Important:''' You must first create a [http://answers.vt.edu/kb/entry/3765 Remote Access ID] to be able to log into the VPN. This is different from your normal VT PID password. This is the Network Account information on your [https://my.vt.edu/accounts/myaccounts Accounts page].
== pptpclient ==Tested on [[Arch Linux]] with pptpclient 1.7.2 (updated on 2011-08-28). * Ensure As of September 2014, the software that you runs the VPN has changed and no new instructions have both '''ppp''' and '''pptpclient''' installedbeen written yet. OtherwiseFor now, you may receive strange errors or otherwise be unable to connect.* Create the file '''/etc/ppp/peers/{{{peername}}}''' with the followingcan follow [https: remotename {{{peername}}} pty "pptp {{{host}}} --nolaunchpppd" name username file /etc/ppp/optionswiki.pptp require-mppe-128 ipparam {{{peername}}}Make sure to replace '''username''' with your usernamearchlinux.* Edit the file '''org/etcindex.php/ppp/chap-secrets''' and add the following line to the bottom, replacing '''username''' with your username and '''password''' with your password: username {{{peername}}} password ** To connect, use the pon script: sudo pon {{{peername}}}* To disconnect, use poff: sudo poff {{{peername}}} == Network Manager ==Tested on [[Fedora]Juniper_VPN#Preferred_installation_method these instructions for Arch Linux] 15 (updated on 2011-08-28).Tested on [[Ubuntu]] 12.04 LTS (2012-05-22) * Install the '''networkmanager-pptp''' package. (Ubuntu users can skip this step.)* Right click on the Network Manager applet and select Edit Connections...* Select the VPN tab and click Add.* Select '''Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)''' and click Create...* Enter '''{{{peername_full|{{{peername}}}}}}''' for the connection name.* Enter '''{{{host}}}''' for the gateway.* Enter your username and remote access passphrase (in the password field), leaving NT domain blank.* Click Save...* Left click on the Network Manager applet, and select '''{{{peername_full|{{{peername}}}}}}''' under VPN Connections.
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